14 DAY TRIAL // After more than a year, Sony announced today the debut of its second-generation ultraportable VAIO P series, a laptop that you can carry in your pocket. The new machine brings along a new design, a couple of cool new features and an overall new feeling to the laptop that stirred things up, back when it was first announced at CES 2009. In addition, the new ultraportable P series from Sony has a new platform, consequently providing consumers with a much-anticipated performance boost.
Sony's refreshed VAIO P introduces a couple of new features worth-mentioning, such as the built-in accelerometer, touchpad, GPS with Digital Compass, 3G and Pre-boot Linux-based OS. In addition, Sony also made use of a couple of new materials, making the new P series more resistive to fingerprints. In usual Sony fashion, the VAIO P will be available in a series of colors, appealing to a larger audience, from students to the fashion-conscious ladies and others.
Unlike the first VAIO P, the new one is built on the Intel US15x chipset and will be available with the latest Z560 Atom processor, but the base model will pack the slower Atom Z530 CPU. In addition, there's no more traditional hard drive, as Sony decided to offer the new VAIO P exclusively with an SSD storage solution, reducing power requirements and boosting performance all in one shot. For added value, the VAIO P includes a couple of quick-access buttons, like the Assist and Web buttons, designed for troubleshooting and fast Web access, respectively.
All and all, the new VAIO P from Sony looks like an evolved version of the ultraportable device that the Japanese company launched back in 2009. It comes in several colors, including green, pink, orange, black and white and will be available for a starting US$799, just US$100 short of the price of the original VAIO P.
We will post a hands-on article with the comparison pictures between the old and the new VAIO P ultraportable PC from Sony.